He was convicted of concealing the theft of personal data of 50 million customers and seven million drivers. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Joe Sullivan’s sentencing to three years of probation Thursday followed his conviction by a jury last year of obstructing a government investigation and concealing the theft of personal data of 50 million customers and seven million drivers.
The judge was urged not to send Sullivan prison by about 50 current and former chief security officers from companies including Blackstone, Netflix and the US government. In a letter to Judge Orrick, they argued the penalty puts professionals and companies in jeopardy for making difficult decisions in unique security situations.
Uber’s mishandling of the 2016 attack on its servers resulted in the company paying US$148 million in a settlement with all 50 states, which at the time was the biggest data-breach payout in US history. Ahead of the sentencing, Sullivan’s lawyer, Mr David Angeli, argued the crime he was convicted of represents a momentary lapse “unlikely to ever be repeated, and resulting in no demonstrated harm,” in contrast with a lifetime of hard work, achievement and volunteer work.
Prosecutors asked the judge to send a message with the sentencing so that every other well-connected corporate executive in cybersecurity and other fields “knows that the sanction for such a failure will be significant and meaningful.”Sullivan’s conviction “stands as shocking proof that even such a revered figure in his community will resort to criminal activity when his reputation is on the line and he thinks no one is watching,” prosecutors said in a court filing.
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